Minky fabric is the newest in luxurious, silky soft microfiber fabric. It rivals cashmere in softness and resembles real mink in touch. It could be described as “it almost feels like petting a baby rabbit”. There are different variations in flats and textures: minky with dots, lines, diamonds, and short or long pile....

Minky is an incredibly soft and plush "micro-fiber" fabric. These "melt-in-your-hand" fabric styles are great for baby blankets,baby clothes, pillows, robes -- anything that should be -- or needs to be -- soft!! (http://minkydelight.com/)